Gallery: Delhi: Medieval and Modern - Photos

Indian roads are nothing short of an adventure, where the medieval and the modern mix in equal proportion.

Here, on the Old Yamuna Bridge in central Delhi, a cow jostles with cars, trucks and rickshaws in the early morning rush.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

India may employ more than a million workers in its booming tech industry, but smile, the old economy is alive and well.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

The Yamuna River, one of India's longest, trickles from the Himalayas into India's capital.
It is one of the world's most polluted waterways: More than 3,200 liters of sewage flows into the Yamuna each day just in Delhi.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

On the banks of Delhi" s Yamuna River people forage through garbage at dawn.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

In sharp contrast with the poor is India's booming middle class, 300 million strong and growing.
Seeking to benefit from this new source of wealth, multinational firms are on the prowl.
Here in central Delhi, McDonald's taps local tastes, offering Chicken Maharaja Macs and Aloo Tikki burgers.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

Ronald McDonald is a long way from Oak Brook. But he plays in Delhi, too.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

Motorola is aggressively targeting India.
It's still behind market leader Nokia in mobile phone sales, but according to one Delhi cell phone dealer Moto phones have plenty of style, and the company's marketshare in India is "growing by the day."

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

The Delhi Golf Club is a posh playground for the city's old money and its new middle class. It's 18 holes of sanctuary smack in the middle of chaos.

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos by Erik Unger

Ambassador cars " the chariot of choice for Delhi government powerbrokers " line up outside the Presidential Palace.
India's government still plays an important role in the nation's economy. Yes, it's big, bureaucratic and rife with corruption.
But in 1991, Delhi policymakers liberalized large parts of the economy, setting the stage for today's economic boom.

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